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Regulations
The criminal element lurking in FMCSA's outdated registration system
As FMCSA makes big moves to end fraud, a look at just how outrageous and widespread the problem has become, with Dale Prax and attorney Hank Seaton at MATS, who offered paths forward to help combat the problem.
March 27, 2024
Regulations
DOL contractor rule now in effect: Owner-operator classification maze, perspective
It's now part of the "rules of the road," and the DOL test's significance is indirect for state wage and hour lawsuits and private actions. Yet it could be significant indeed depending on the situation of owner-op contractors at any given company.
March 27, 2024
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March 24, 2025
Business
Truckers asked for feedback on detention impacts
ATRI is calling on truckers to provide info on their experience with detention and how it impacts their day-to-day life, professional livelihood and perceptions of the industry. Also: Three Highway Angels of the Year crowned; WIT Drivers of the Year.
March 26, 2024
Partners in Business
How owner-operators still standing have weathered big rates drops through the present
In the annual Overdrive-ATBS Partners in Business co-presentation at MATS, 2023 owner-operator performance metrics showed more miles logged and lower costs. However, those factors couldn't fully overcome the poor rates environment.
March 25, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA on AEBs, broker transparency -- no mention of safety ratings
The agency provided updates Friday at the Mid-America Trucking Show on an automatic emergency braking mandate, the safe integration of automated driving systems, and transparency in broker transactions.
March 22, 2024
Business
Broker's trailer pool program expands
Enhancements to Uber Freight's Powerloop drop-hook system within its freight network include an expanded "dedicated fleet" offering, bundling capabilities to build carrier drop and hook "tours," and telematics-enhanced "smart" trailers.
March 22, 2024
Business
House committee passes resolution to repeal Biden DOL contractor rule
A resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s independent contractor rule faces a long road to repealing the current rule of law, but cleared its first hurdle Thursday.
March 21, 2024
Partners in Business
2024 handbook for owner-operator business, start to finish, now available
Download the new Partners in Business guide to owner-operator business today, and if you're attending MATS, join us at 2:45 p.m. Friday, March 22, in the MATS Pro Talks Theater (B104 in the South Wing) for the official kickoff for this year's PIB program.
March 20, 2024
Channel 19
Insistent broker accidentally FaceTimes with nude driver on rest break
A young broker interrupts a driver's rest break more than a dozen times with repeated phone calls even though she's tracking him on an app. In the end, she gets more than she bargained for.
March 19, 2024
Business
Trucking conditions improved to start 2024
FTR reported freight rates and financing costs were less negative in January than in December, despite higher fuel prices. Also: Owners of working Macks can enter 2025 calendar contest; latest Highway Angel.
March 19, 2024
Regulations
Trucking loses latest attempt to block California's AB 5
AB 5 should get back to "the soap box and the ballot box," a California judge said March 15, ruling against trucking's last legal challenge. The judge denied an injunction to block the state's worker classification law from applying in trucking.
March 18, 2024
Business
DAT outage under investigation
Load board DAT quit working around noon, eastern time on Thursday, and the outage remains ongoing. Here's the latest.
March 14, 2024
Overdrive Extra
5 can't-miss highlights upcoming at the Mid-America Trucking Show
From a wide array of small-business survival strategies for the down market to custom show truck builds, and much more in the way of educational sessions around freight fraud combat and industry advocacy, MATS has something for us all.
March 14, 2024
Overdrive Extra
Carriers’ right to review what the shipper paid for a brokered load
Knowing what the shipper paid for your brokered load on a case-by-case basis can help you determine whether you're treated fairly by the broker. That is, if you can get past barriers some brokers erect against a carrier's review of transaction records.
April 30, 2020
Regulations
$100,000 fines, jail time proposed as carriers keep hitting bridges in British Columbia
With 35 bridge strikes since 2021, most from over-height vehicles, and many from one particularly egregious fleet, British Columbia drops the hammer. Also: New TMS geared for liquid bulk haulers; Florida Road Team truckers part of "share the road" PSAs.
March 13, 2024
Business
Flexport soliciting Convoy's unpaid carriers to sign back up -- and it's working
Flexport's Convoy relaunch has achieved a shocking success: Recruiting carriers that Convoy had stiffed in October. Here's why carriers are going for it, and what that says about trucking today.
March 12, 2024
Business
Will spot rates respond to rising demand? | FMCSA extends lease-purchase comments
Rates have remained stagnant to date in 2024, yet load-truck ratios rose last week, perhaps portending increases as carriers gain spot negotiating leverage. Also: FMCSA extends lease-purchase contract comments; Utility's first line of Cargobull reefers.
March 12, 2024
Trucker of the Year
Harnessing the wisdom of experience: A hallmark of the best among owner-ops
That's been the case for Overdrive's February Trucker of the Month Doug Viaille, though some of that "expensive wisdom" has been hard-won. In this edition of Overdrive Radio, track back through pivotal moments in Viaille's three decades-plus trucking.
March 11, 2024
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